Hair-pin.



No. 887,885. PATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

G. W. WHITNEY.

HAIR PIN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.13.1907.

WITNESSES INVENTOR 0276 J Jule I 650195514X WHITNEY 20 site each other With UNITED sit-Ar as rnfrENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. WHITNEY, OF.LEOMINS'IER; MASSACHUSE'ITS.

HAIR-PIN.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W., lVHITNEYj a resident of Leominster, in. the countyof llVorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvea part of this specification.

This invention has relation to hair pins, and it consists of the novel arrangement and configuration of its parts as hereinafter shown and described I The object of the invention is to provide a hair pin of such configuration as to firmly embed itself in the hairofthe wearer, the said pin having tines which are provided with acuminate. lateral projections located oppointervening 4 recesses which are adapted to embrace tufts of hair 1and thereby securely retain the pin' in the Heretofore hair pins have been used which consist of tines having obtund or rounded but by.

projections for engaging the locks, reason of the fact that said projections are curved the said pins under certain conditions 7 will work out of the hair.

opposite each other-and adapted to engage the strands of hair, whereby the possibility of the pin falling from the hair is reduced to a minimum. 4 i

In the accompanying drawing, the figure 40 is a side elevation of the pin.

The pin consists of the tines 1, ljwhich are Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 13, 1907.. Serial No. 362,260.

Inprder to avoid 30 thispossibility the present pinis devised Patented May 19, 1908.

I provided at their i'nneredges with the acuj minate lateral projection 2. The projections of one tine are located directly opposite the projections of the other tine, and the tines are separatedby the arcuate recesses 3. As the projections of one tine are oppositely disposed to the projections of the other tine the j space between the opposite ends of the tines is comparatively limited while there is a l comparative area lying between the arcuate recesses 3. Thus, when the pin is inserted in the hair the spacebetween the recesses 3, will receive tufts and the tines 1, 1., must be spread apart to a considerable degree in order that the said tufts may ass between the projections. As it is not likely or at all liable that-the tines will spread to such a degree accidentally, or as the result of a jar ormovement of the head, the pin will retain a firm grip upon the hair and will maintain its proper position therein. The acuminate configuration of the projections also adds to the tenacity with which the pin will maintain its engagement with the hair.

VVhatI claim is A hair pin comprising a single forked piece ointed tines spaced apart along their entire ength, each tine beingprovided upon its inner edge with sharpened projections and having their outer edges following in general jections of one tine being located directly opposite and closely approaching the projections of the other tine, said tines being provided with arcuate recesses at their portions lying-between the projections GEORGE W. WHITNEY. Witnesses:

' O. A. TAFT,

ANA J. JOHNSON.

arcuately formed at its middle and having.

parallel relation to the inner edges, the prov 

